Danielle Bargo

Health Economist committed to improving healthcare affordability and access. Health Policy Doctoral student @JohnsHopkinsSPH.

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

Getting ready for finals week 📚

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

Louisiana residents owe nearly $2 billion in medical debt. This leads to financial struggles, bankruptcy, and foreclosure. State policies like expanding homestead exemptions and prohibiting wage garnishments could offer relief. Read more @IlluminatorLA
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[Niki Kelly @nkellyIN]

Indiana has a $1 billion shortfall in Medicaid funding, state budget committee learned today.

It's a huge miss and lawmakers are frustrated and confused.

"This cannot happen again," Sen. Ryan Mishler said.

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

My eyes are literally watering reading the National Health Care Spending Report for 2022. Out-of-pocket spending accounted for 11% of total national health expenditures, reaching $471 Billion, an increase of 6.6% from 2021.

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

My eyes are literally watering reading the National Health Care Spending Report for 2022. Private Health Insurance spending accounted for 29% of total health expenditures at $1.3 Trillion- an increase of 5.9% from 2021.

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

@MattDEisenberg @GovWesMoore Congratulations!!

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

@larry_levitt I would love to understand why we have "health insurance" but also have vision and dental insurance?

[The Herald-Times @theheraldtimes]

Indiana Capital Chronicle columnist argues a statewide all-payer rate would lower costs for everyone in Indiana. https://t.co/ZbEDIEcB5e

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

@theheraldtimes Thank you for increasing visibility of this critical topic!

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

@WrightCensored This optional GRE policy makes me so happy!

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

Great to see my article on the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act in the @KCStar. Medicare's approach to negotiating drug prices is not going to reduce health care costs, lower the federal deficit or secure the sustainability of Medicare.

[The Kansas City Star @KCStar]

Medicare’s new power to negotiate drug prices won’t fix America’s health care problems | Opinion https://t.co/ZXRXlG3Isz

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

@scientistswrite From 10am -12 pm, by far! The time between my morning coffee and lunch cravings is the most valuable part of my day!

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

When my passion for reducing health care costs took center stage in my home state of Indiana, I couldn’t write this column quick enough! Thank you to @INCapChronicle for publishing my column and to @TheOpEdProject for the training and resources!

[Indiana Capital Chronicle @INCapChronicle]

The price of a brain MRI, with and without contrast, without insurance, at IU Health Paoli Hospital, where the median income is $34,738, is $1,253.78. At IU Health Saxony Hospital in Fishers, it costs $923.35 — but the median income is $108,361. Why? https://t.co/W9RGxTatmP

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

The Indiana Health Care Cost Oversight Task Force members should introduce legislation to ensure that hospitals are charging the same rate for the same service, regardless of payer or provider across Indiana.
@SenatorCharb @SenJeanBreaux @gartenforsenate
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[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

If Sen. Chris Garten wants to reduce how much Hoosiers are spending on health care, a hospital rate setting system should be introduced. @gartenforsenate

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[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

Laura Fernandes highlighting the “art” of RWE. “What does it mean for data to be “missing” in RWE? Is the lab data “missing” because the lab wasn’t ordered? Because the patient didn’t go to the appointment? Because it was done at an out-of-network provider?” #RWEfriends

[Friends of Cancer Research @CancerResrch]

Starting now! Session 2: Lessons Learned from Real-world Endpoint Analyses and Opportunities for Use in Drug Development. #RWE #RWEFriends

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[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

Dr. Lawrence Schwartz just made a great point about the tremendous opportunity to use AI to determine if a patient is responding or progressing to therapy, rather than relying on radiologist reports! #RWEfriends

[Friends of Cancer Research @CancerResrch]

Starting now! Session 1: "Establishing a Framework for Evaluating Real-world Response"

In this session, discussions will focus on opportunities for using RWD to evaluate response to treatment.
#RWE #RWEFriends
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[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

Please explain why an MRI at @IUHealthECR is $375 more expensive than an MRI at @IUHealthMH...I'll wait

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

How much do you tip when you have to place your own order on a tablet at a restaurant?

[Danielle Bargo @DanielleNBargo]

I now read PDFs at 125%. Not sure if my vision is going or I am just tired of squinting and leaning over when trying to read things. #ageingmillenial